Sweetwater: A True Rock Story Movie Review 1999

TV music journalist Cami Carlson (Williams) gets out of drug rehab and learns her new assignment is a "where are they now" story about '60s band Sweetwater, the opening act at Woodstock. Teenaged singer Nansi Nevins (Johnson) disappeared after the festival and the band soon broke up. Cami tracks down ex-band members and flashbacks show how the band started and what caused Nansi to take off.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 95 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Rock Flicks, Flashback, Front Page, Period Piece: 1960s, True Stories

Screenplay

Victoria Wozniak

Cast

Kelli Williams, Amy Jo Johnson, Kurt Max Runte, Robert Moloney, Frederic Forrest, Michelle Phillips, Terry David Mulligan, Nancy Warren

Cinematography

Bernard Couture

Director

Lorraine Senna